PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earl Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and strong arm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Alexander
vs
arm

187 cm
21
215 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

193 cm
23
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Earl Alexander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, strong arm!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
arm shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Alexander as he jumps to the side.
Alexander misses with a wild combination.
Alexander misses with a double jab.
Alexander tries to bum rush arm with a series of wild strikes but arm uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
arm with a jab.

It looks like Earl Alexander has been cut.
Alexander moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
arm lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Alexander circles away quickly and effectively.
Alexander throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

Alexander shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in arm's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alexander postures up in arm's guard and throws a big left but arm blocks it.
Alexander is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alexander lands a couple of digs.
Alexander has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
arm manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Alexander is wriggling around trying to escape.

arm is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Alexander is surviving well by controlling arm's body position as best he can.

arm looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexander keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

arm is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Alexander is surviving well by controlling arm's body position as best he can.
Alexander stops arm from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.

arm wants to finish this one by submission but Alexander is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from arm.

arm looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.

arm is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Alexander is surviving well by controlling arm's body position as best he can.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

arm has control of Alexander's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Alexander regains control of the situation pretty easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Alexander keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.

arm looking for a guillotine from mount but Alexander is having none of it.
Alexander wants to control but arm is having none of it.
Alexander tries to reverse the position but arm maintains control.
Alexander is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

arm with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.

arm is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Alexander can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Alexander really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Alexander tries to lock up and control but arm gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Alexander is wriggling around trying to escape.

Alexander defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from arm.

arm is working for a guillotine from mount but Alexander frees his head quite easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Alexander has left one of his arms exposed and arm doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Alexander screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). strong arm!